Glasgow Tower

A pre Millennium Wheel hybrid form of Ferris wheel and Paternoster with cabins in continuous motion. Pods are entered at ground level and discharge to the cafe on the lower ground floor The cafe affords breathtaking views of the the structure above breaking through the suspended glass roof .

Structural engineer-Whitby & Bird, QS-Davis Langdon & Everest

"The image of a leaping salmon is perhaps an apt metaphor for modern-day Glasgow"
Brian Edwards, The Scotsman

 

 

A Short-Listed entry of the final twelve from the pan European competition that attracted 350 entries.